8 Yrs 2 Mths

Weekends are typically for jog walk to Marina Bay, followed by a brunch at Kith having Qinzhi and Huaihao’s favourite smoothie and big breakfast.

Then teatime at 吃茶三千

I love giving the kids good food, of any kind, makes me feel more accomplished as a parent, little things such as a strawberry or a nice smoothie with pure flavours and no additives

Huaihao loves to call me and I love receiving calls from him, asking me when I will be back, sometimes its after a long day at work, and his voice lifts me up

Then he would massage me when I am home and be around me, “if mommy isn’t home, its not home”. He says. Then he would go on and make me laugh

There’s one day I came home exhausted, Huaihao came to me and asked me what is wrong.

And then he went on to give me a massage. For that matter, a most beautiful and healing one.

He listened intently to what I said and went on to get the Valor roll on, drew a heart on his palm and “pasted” it on my back.Then he went on, “Life is like that Mommy, one day is good and one day is bad.”Then he used the roll on and wrote “ Be Happy” on my back.This one, my guiding light and my guardian angel.

Then he ran out and went on to make this card for me.

The next day, he called me, and asked :”so mommy, is today a better day?”

These days at bedtime, Huaihao likes me to stroke his back to sleep.

He would turn his back on me every night at bedtime for the ritual of stroking him to sleep. And as much as he enjoys it, probably its his way of winding me down and letting me relax. And he lets me learn to go slow and be gentle and to be mindful as I follow my hands on his little back. Today as I was telling him that it will be 5 mins only, I set of regretted. Why do we want to condition giving, or restrict giving?

Are we not teaching our child to be afraid of giving, or not to give?

Then I continued till he drifted into sleep and I hope in future when he grows up, he will remember this touch I delivered on his back every single night. I think ——-he will.

We hold way more power in our hands and in our touch than we know. Every time we give this away, know that it is precious, it is sacred.

This is his favourite toy of the moment, playing experiments of water to ice using the fridge. I wonder what is it that give him pleasure! But he is so adamant playing this nothing we say can stop him!

Huaihao recently became very motivated to write well and got praises from his teachers which he would proudly show off to me. And teacher says he is very good at algorithm. Even for spellings, he takes little time to learn and can score fairly well.

And he got his flying noodle treat in return